Sherlock Holmes is an imaginary private detective created by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 1880s. Doyle’s stories about the detective have been turned into movies and television shows.
夏洛克·福尔摩斯是英国作家阿瑟·柯南·道尔在 1880 年代末创作的一位虚构的私家侦探。道尔关于侦探的故事已被改编成电影和电视节目。
One of Sherlock Holmes’ great skills is a powerful memory. In a recent BBC television series, the character uses a memory technique called a “mind palace ” or “memory palace.”
夏洛克·福尔摩斯的伟大技能之一就是强大的记忆力。在 BBC 最近的一部电视剧中，角色使用了一种称为“思维宫殿”或“记忆宫殿”的记忆技术。
On one show, for example, Holmes has been severely wounded in a shooting and retreats into his mind to search for ways to survive. He visits rooms in his mind palace, looking for helpful memories. In one room, he finds his childhood dog, and the memory helps calm the detective.
例如，在一个节目中，福尔摩斯在一次枪击中受了重伤，他退回到自己的大脑中寻找生存之道。他参观了他心灵宫殿中的房间，寻找有用的记忆。在一个房间里，他找到了他儿时的狗，这段记忆帮助侦探平静下来。
The memory palace idea was not a BBC creation. The method for remembering has existed for thousands of years. Many language educators today teach their students how to use the method to improve their language skills.
记忆宫殿的想法不是 BBC 的创造。记忆方法已经存在了数千年。如今，许多语言教育工作者教学生如何使用该方法来提高他们的语言技能。
But what exactly is a memory palace? It is a real structure, such as a home or building, that you can picture in your head. You then imagine placing things you want to remember inside the structure.
但记忆宫殿到底是什么？它是一个真实的结构，例如您可以在脑海中想象的房屋或建筑物。然后你想象将你想要记住的东西放入结构中。
You can use a memory palace to remember words, phrases , facts, or even the order of events. If you can see the inside of a house or building in your mind, you can make your own memory palace. On today’s Education Tips, we will show you how.
您可以使用记忆宫殿来记住单词、短语、事实，甚至事件的顺序。如果你能在脑海中看到房屋或建筑物的内部，你就可以建造自己的记忆宫殿。在今天的教育提示中，我们将向您展示具体方法。
Making your palace
打造你的宫殿
Start with a list of words or phrases that you want to remember. Then, close your eyes and choose a physical space that you know well, such as your home, a school you attended, or a current or former workplace. If your chosen space has only one or two rooms, do not worry. You can also use things like doors, passageways, steps or other permanent places along the physical path.
从您想要记住的单词或短语列表开始。然后，闭上眼睛，选择一个你熟悉的物理空间，比如你的家、你上过的学校、或者现在或以前的工作场所。如果您选择的空间只有一两个房间，请不要担心。您还可以使用门、通道、台阶或物理路径沿线的其他永久位置等东西。
The next step is to imagine walking through the space using the path that you would normally take through it. As you walk through, put objects that you want to remember at specific places along the path. Leave the objects there to pick up later when you visit your memory palace.
下一步是想象使用您通常走过的路径穿过该空间。当您走过时，将您想要记住的物品放在沿途的特定位置。将物品留在那里，以便稍后您参观记忆宫殿时取走。
Now, let’s try this technique by using six ingredients for a pizza: flour, water, dry yeast, tomato sauce, cheese and basil.
现在，让我们尝试一下这种技术，使用六种披萨原料：面粉、水、干酵母、番茄酱、奶酪和罗勒。
Close your eyes and picture a home.
闭上眼睛，想象一个家。
First, you open the front door and see a bag of flour on the floor. The bag is broken and some of the flour has spilled. You are worried that you might slip , so you carefully step over the area.
首先，你打开前门，看到地板上有一袋面粉。袋子破了，一些面粉洒了出来。你担心自己会滑倒，所以小心翼翼地跨过该区域。
Second, you walk into your bedroom. On top of your bed sits a cup of water. The cup is shaped like an upside-down piece of pizza. You think about how funny that is and laugh about it.
其次，你走进卧室。你的床上放着一杯水。杯子的形状就像一块倒置的披萨。你想想那是多么有趣，然后笑起来。
Third, as you enter the living room, you see a very large spoon of dry yeast sitting on the sofa . The spoon is watching a cooking show on television.
第三，当你进入客厅时，你会看到沙发上放着一大勺干酵母。勺子正在看电视上的烹饪节目。
Fourth, while standing in the living room, you notice the room has a strange smell to it. You look above the television and see a block of cheese hanging on the wall.
第四，当你站在客厅时，你注意到房间里有一股奇怪的气味。你看向电视上方，看到墙上挂着一块奶酪。
Fifth, you walk into the kitchen and see two tomatoes chasing each other around the room. Suddenly, they crash and explode, covering the floor in red.
第五，你走进厨房，看到两个西红柿在房间里互相追逐。突然，它们坠毁并爆炸，将地板染成红色。
And sixth, you open the back door and go outside. There, you see a group of very tall green basil plants. In a funny voice, the tallest plant says, “Choose me! Choose me!”
第六，你打开后门出去。在那里，你会看到一群非常高的绿色罗勒植物。最高的植物用滑稽的声音说：“选择我！选择我！”
Did you notice anything strange about the palace? It was full of extraordinary and humorous imagery. We will say more about that in a few minutes.
你有没有发现这座宫殿有什么奇怪的地方？它充满了非凡而幽默的意象。我们将在几分钟内对此进行更多讨论。
But first, let’s check how well our technique worked. See if you can answer these questions:
但首先，让我们检查一下我们的技术效果如何。看看你是否能回答这些问题：
1-What was on the wall above the television?
1-电视机上方的墙上有什么？
2-Where were the tomatoes and what were they doing?
2-西红柿在哪里，它们在做什么？
3-Which object was sitting on the bed?
3-哪个物体坐在床上？
4-Where was the yeast and what was it doing?
4-酵母在哪里？它在做什么？
5-Which ingredient spoke and what did it say?
5-哪种成分说话了？它说了什么？
6-What did you see when you opened the front door?
6、当你打开前门时，你看到了什么？
My guess is that you remembered everything in our memory palace. That’s good news.
我猜你记得我们记忆宫殿里的一切。这是个好消息。
Make memory strong
让记忆力更强
Experts offer some advice for making strong memory palaces.
专家为打造坚固的记忆宫殿提供了一些建议。
For instance, if you want to remember a lot of words, memory trainer Anthony Metivier suggests first drawing a simple map of your memory palace. Then, number the places along your path where you will put the things that you want to remember. You can put more than one thing in each room or area. Later, you will add the mental imagery.
例如，如果你想记住很多单词，记忆训练师安东尼·梅蒂维建议首先画一张简单的记忆宫殿地图。然后，对沿途放置您想要记住的东西的位置进行编号。您可以在每个房间或区域放置不止一件东西。稍后，您将添加心理意象。
English teacher James, of the YouTube channel JamesESL English Lessons, has additional advice. In his video on memory palaces, he says that there are three keys to a strong memory palace. They are: emotion, movement, and connections between the object and something permanent.
YouTube 频道 JamesESL English Lessons 的英语老师 James 提供了额外的建议。在他关于记忆宫殿的视频中，他说强大的记忆宫殿有三个关键。它们是：情感、运动以及物体和永久事物之间的联系。
Both he and Metivier say imagining things in a humorous or crazy way improves your ability to remember them. These experts also agree that connecting images to actions or movement will create lasting memories. For instance, the tomatoes were chasing each other and the basil spoke.
他和梅蒂维都表示，以幽默或疯狂的方式想象事物可以提高你记住它们的能力。这些专家还一致认为，将图像与动作或动作联系起来将创造持久的记忆。例如，西红柿互相追逐，罗勒说话。
And finally, teacher James suggests placing the objects next to or on something permanent in your palace. Beds, sofas, floors, walls, doors – all of these are permanent. The block of cheese was on the wall, for example.
最后，詹姆斯老师建议将这些物品放在宫殿中永久性的东西旁边或上面。床、沙发、地板、墙壁、门——所有这些都是永久性的。例如，那块奶酪就挂在墙上。
Now, it’s your turn. Pick a list of English words or phrases that you have trouble remembering and try this method on your own.
现在，轮到你了。选择一个您难以记住的英语单词或短语列表，然后自己尝试此方法。